Selected press items from the period Friday, August 15 through Thursday, August 21.
The Toronto Globe and...
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August 14th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Watch interviews on the conflict between Georgia and Russia with Vitaly Churkin (Ambassador), Stephen Sestanovich (Council of Foreign Relations), and Robert Kagan (Carnegie Endowment) from this past week.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Legendary 1970s soul singer Isaac Hayes died Sunday August 10, 2008 at his home in Memphis. His career is a testament to perseverance. He grew up picking cotton in Tennessee and spent his early years playing keyboards in Memphis clubs. Read or listen to an interview with Hayes from November 3, 2004.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am
May 1, 2008, screenwriter, director and producer Harmony Korine (Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy) made an appearance at the Apple Store Soho, discussing his new movie Mister Lonely, his love …
May 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Gladys Knight and the Pips were with Motown from the mid ‘60s to the early ‘70s. Watch Gladys Knight as she talks about Marvin Gaye in a web-exclusive interview for …
New York Voices
April 8th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Update: The Pulitzer board just announced its picks for 2008. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz nabbed the Pulitzer prize for fiction.
Over at Critical Mass, …
Weekly Press Digest, August 15-21
Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
When George Bush took office in 2001, North Korea’s nuclear program was frozen. Kim Jong-Il had signaled to the...
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts was the subject of the PBS documentary “Mi Mambo” which was aired on CANTOS...
